A month ago this would have been a great location for redevelopment. Now it's next door to downtown Victoria's latest homeless shelter. I can't envision anyone wanting to spend much to enhance this corner.

I can definitely see this corner being a prime candidate for a major development (possibly rental)...

The site has been fenced by PHS to keep the neighbours out. It was requested by The 834 Strata and the Victoria Conservatory of Music at one of the bi-weekly community meetings that are held re: Central Care Home issues. After the car dealership moved out and prior to the fence going up, there were a lot of people just hanging out in the lot doing questionable things.

The site has been fenced by PHS to keep the neighbours out....After the car dealership moved out and prior to the fence going up, there were a lot of people just hanging out in the lot doing questionable things.

I've heard that a residential building is in the works, surprisingly, with no ground floor commercial. Zoning for 850 Johnson would allow 9 storeys, 1400 Quadra would require rezoning.

9 storeys seems unreasonably short for this location, especially considering two 20-storey towers are planned for almost exactly across the street. What is the deal with this city's absurd height/zoning regulations anyway?

In the city's documentation for Chard's two-towers project it was mentioned that there were three development proposals that would shadow the towers. It seems funny that they would bother to note the shadowing of two 20-story towers by a 9-story building situated to the northeast of the towers, doesn't it? So is this car dealership project one of the shadowy suspects or not?

In defense of a shorter building on this site, you want to have variation. And it also marks the transition from the taller buildings of downtown to the shorter buildings of North Park...

The high-rises closest to this (834 Johnson, the Sandpiper, the forthcoming Yates on Yates, Yello, 989 Johnson & Legato all are - or will be - significantly taller than 9 floors.

I think this corner could well handle a building in the 12-15 floors range; something like the Juliet perhaps. We'll regret it in the future if this site is underdeveloped now. It needs ground floor commercial though. I can't envision residences at street level here.

One of the property owners across the street is a family friend, who's also pondering the redevelopment potential of his property. Yates on Yates must be spinning some wheels.

9 storeys seems unreasonably short for this location, especially considering two 20-storey towers are planned for almost exactly across the street. What is the deal with this city's absurd height/zoning regulations anyway?

Any idea who the developer may be Jackerbie?

No idea who the developer would be on this one, but I think it's safe to rule out Chard at least

As for the height, 9 storeys full residential or 10 storeys w/ ground floor commercial is what is allowed under the existing zoning for 850 Johnson only. A land consolidation for the whole corner would require rezoning, which would give the opportunity to explore a greater height.